TY - JOUR
T1 - Editorial 2020
JF - Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
JO - Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
SP - 1
LP - 2
DO - 10.1144/qjegh2020-004
VL - 53
IS - 1
AU - Dottridge, Jane
AU - Millis, Stuart
Y1 - 2020/02/01
UR - http://qjegh.lyellcollection.org/content/53/1/1.abstract
N2 - Welcome to Volume 53 of the Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology (QJEGH). I (Fig. 1) am looking forward to 2020, building on a successful year in 2019, with four full issues and a substantial number of excellent papers for future issues, already available through Online First. Those who subscribe to the paper version will have noticed that the QJEGH is growing thicker and heavier, increasing from 512 pages in 2018 to 580 in 2019 and 640 in 2020. Fig. 1. Jane Dottridge, QJEGH Chief Scientific Editor at Pozas de Melón (Ourense), Spain.We continue to work towards the improvements identified in the journal development plan, as outlined in the 2019 editorial, aiming to increase diversity, reduce review times and increase the impact factor, while considering the challenges of open access, big data and an increasingly digital world. At the start of a new decade, the journal is moving in the right direction, but the development plan remains ‘work in progress’.In 2019, 181 papers were submitted, slightly lower than the record of 214 in 2018, but still a huge workload for the Assistant Scientific Editors. We are delighted that Stuart Millis (Fig. 2) has accepted the new role of Assistant Scientific Editor for geotechnics and then volunteered to write most of this year's editorial, exploring the theme of digitalization. A very big thank you to Stuart and the other three Assistant Scientific Editors, Cherith Moses, Joel Smethurst and Jonathan Smith, who do the hard work of maintaining scientific standards and copy by keeping papers moving, finding referees and troubleshooting. And, of course, none of this would be possible without the friendly, professional and efficient guidance of the Journal Manager, Helen Floyd-Walker, so huge thanks to Helen. Fig. 2. Stuart Millis, QJEGH Assistant Scientific Editor (Geotechnical), Arup, …
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